North Hanley is a
St. Louis MetroLink
MetroLink is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two rail lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and ...
station. Opened in 1993 near the North Hanley overpass of
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the co ...
, it is primarily a commuter station with 1,731
park-and-ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rap ...
spaces, including 657 in a garage, and a major bus transfer center for Metro in North
St. Louis County.
The station includes ''A Line Meant (Circular) Alignment (Reasoning),'' a 2004 sculpture by Bob Hansman and Ben Hoffmann. It is made of 20 four-inch square, stainless-steel tubes of various lengths that connect the parking garage's stairwell to nearby landscaping. The work was commissioned by Metro's Arts in Transit program.
In 2022, the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was given vibrantly colored elements in a “Transit: We All Ride Together” theme, including shade structures, seating, musical elements, ground murals, and window designs. The fourth "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on October 12, 2022, by Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit with St. Louis REALTORS, Employment Connection and Bywater Development Group.
Station layout
The platform is reached via ramps and walkways on each end that connect to the bus-boarding plaza.
References
External links
St. Louis Metro
MetroLink stations in St. Louis County, Missouri
Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993
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